businessspeeddating

ICE’21 Advent Edition was a project with a great mission of bringing you all together to meet in person. After almost two years of Covid effecting our lives, and two digital events, both you and us craved to come back to the real-life meetings.

We were working on organizing ICE’21 in Vienna with a great location (ThirtyFive – Vienna Twin Towers) to make it possible for you to get the best experience. After a few months of planning,  all done deals went out through the window when Austria announced a national lockdown. 

We didn’t give up.  We immediately started planning the same event with a change of location. In just few days our team worked and prepared everything, so that we could move the event to Hotel Academia in our home town of Zagreb. Your reactions to the sudden change were so positive that they gave us the wind in our sails to continue working towards our goal.

Unfortunately, yesterday (November 25, 2021) we got an offical statement from Croatia’s National Civil Protection Authority that our event cannot get a permit, thus; it needs to be postponed.

We would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding. We really appreciate all of your support and look forward to meeting you in person when the situation allows.  Our plan is to work on future projects and we will let you know about them as soon as possible.

Stay safe,

Your ICE team 

ICE’21 Advent Edition is based on 10-minute meetings. To secure that everyone gets prepared for it, here are some tips and tricks to help you be most efficient. Apart from good preparation, bring your good mood and let’s make the best of this ICE and end of the year!

1.  PLAN AND RESEARCH IN ADVANCE

Good preparation is half of the work. Researching about participants that you will meet and make business deals is a key of success. Write down questions you want to ask them, reasons why you need them or why they need you and prepare yourself for them. Structing and planning your questions and needs in advance will allow you make best business deals at ICE’21 Advent  Edition.

2.  BE AWARE OF TIME

You already know that the speed dating concept is based on a concept of 10-minute meetings per company. Ten minutes can seem as long or short period deepening on your preparation and awareness of time. Do not lose your time talking about unimportant topics. Go straight to the point of what do you want to get from that meeting.

3.  LEARN TO PRESENT YOURSELF IN A SHORT TIME – KEY POINTS

Write key points of your business, what is representing you as a company, what are your offers and what are your needs. This will make it easier for you to present yourself in a short time while mentioning the most important things about your business. Be sure to address your needs and offers in a clear way, this will save time and effort for both you and your meeting partner.

4.  PREPARE BROUCHURES & BUSINESS CARDS

Prepare brochures and business cards. You can easily distribute them. Since you will be having a lot of meeting in a limited time period, you are making it easier for others to have all the information’s in one place. They won’t need to write down some key points because they could just find that info in your brochures! It makes it easier, plus it establishes your brand identity.

5.  NETWORK IN THE FREE TIME

Use free time to meet other participants in a more casual manner. Grabbing a coffee or dinner can be the perfect time to discuss business and make connections. Use the opportunity of beautiful Vienna which offers you plenty of good restaurants, bars and coffee shops to connect business with pleasure. Christmas markets can also be a good plan for you to spend your time at.

6.  BRING GIFTS

Small gifts are always welcomed! They are an effective way of showing your gratitude and gifts leave a mark. Just be aware that some participants are coming with plane so make sure gifts are suitable for cabin luggage.